Where: Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (52.9° S, 68.4° W: paleocoordinates 55.3° S, 58.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cullen Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• The today status of scientific knowledge of dinoflagellates together with the pollen and spore assemblage indicate a stratigraphic range from Lower to Middle Eocene.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified, silty, sandy sandstone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Collected by F. Versoorst in 1971

Collection methods: chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric

• The stubs of the palynological preparation are housed at the Pb-Palino, Tucumán, Argentina.

Primary reference: R. Zetter, C. C. Hofmann, I. Draxler, J. Durango Cabrera, M. M. Vergel and F. Vervoorst. 1999. A rich Middle Eocene microflora at Arroyo de los Mineros, near Cañadón Beta, NE Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina. Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt (56)436-460 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 169358: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 20.05.2015

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